Violet became increasingly anxious and nervous as she sat on the couch and watched the clock slowly tick by second by second. Seven o'clock just wasn't coming fast enough. It needed to get here and soon. She didn't know how much more she could take. Of course, there was the other side of her thoughts. Because she was so anxious, she was afraid of what would happen and how she would act when the time came and Brian actually did show up. The lack of sound in the empty apartment wasn't helping matters either.
Brian and Violet really didn't have much of a history, really. Brian use to be her boss when he was still a manager at the store she worked at. He spent a lot of time working with her and helping develop her into a better associate. She soaked everything in like a sponge and was very eager to teach herself even more when he wasn't around. She took just natural intuition. But Brian's opinion really mattered to her a lot and she wasn't afraid to ask for his opinion. Even if it was something as simple as how a display looked and if she had been too aggressive about making changes without being told to do so. Despite all her confidence in her decision making, she always asked him to come over.
Brian always took the time to stop and talk to her about anything, whether it was work related or not. He was down to earth and took extreme care and interest in anything that Violet did or wanted to know or discuss. He was open and she could rely on him. And secretly, it appeared that Brian was just as interested in coming to visit her as she was to see him.
Violet's mind wandered away from the clock and the TV became a dull noise as she laid her head back on the couch, closed her eyes and thought. Deep down she had realized at one point in working with him that she had found more than just confidence and trust in Brian. There was another attraction there. He helped her feel good about herself and gave her confidence and that was something that was extremely attractive to her. And as each encounter came and went, the more she felt for him. It wasn't very strong at first but now that he was going to be there, she realized that there was a stronger bond there than she originally thought.
She remembered when she initially told him just how she felt. He had just split up with his girlfriend and it was a particularly tough time for him. But she felt it would be good to be able to talk to him about what was going on and finally admit to him, now that he was no longer her boss, that she did indeed have a "slight crush" on him. He returned the token and admitted that the feeling was mutual. She never knew quite asked any further questions of him other than just to discuss life.
For some reason though, just in the last week or so, Brian had become suddenly more forward with her than before. He had discussed other feelings than what was there before. Albeit sudden, Violet had been accepting of it. He discussed many things with her that night; most of it was particularly sexual in nature. It was odd to be discussing these things with Brian when she hadn't before, but it was arousing in the same token. She had felt excitement build in her that wasn't there before and made her think a little more critically of the situation. She was very comfortable talking to him and it was something that she was glad to get into the open. Something new and exciting.
Violet was awakened with a start. She had fallen asleep while recounting everything that had happened. It was seven! Brian was here (fashionably early) and she wasn't quite ready. The knocking at the door had her heart pumping hard. She wasn't ready for it and it had startled her hard. She stood up and realized her hair needed to be fixed, but other than that, she was ready. Walking to the door, she opened it while working on trying to reset her ponytail.
"Getting all fancy for me?" Brian teased.
"No," Violet laughed, "I fell asleep on the couch."
"Sure you did," Brian replied with a wink.
Brian walked in and closed the door behind him. Violet was pretty calm and took a seat on the couch, telling him that he could sit wherever he wanted. He took a chair adjacent to the couch so as to not make her uncomfortable.
"So what's on the agenda?" he asked.
"I thought maybe we could just watch a movie or something." She replied.